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I l Be `it known thatl, W1C. SHIPHERD, of `Saratoga Springs, in the county of Saratoga ma STATES PATENT Ormes.. c l

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. i sietineatikm refining part of Letters Patent No. 35,54 7, daten June 10, ieee.

and- State of NewYorlQhave invented a new andlmproved Boot-Crimping Deviceyand I do'hereby declarefthat the -foll'owing'isa full,

clear, and exact description of the same,pref

eren/ce -being `had to the accompanying draw.- ings, making a1 `partof this specification, in`

whichl Figure l isa side View of my invention. c Fig.. 2 isadetachedend viewfof a clamp per-f tai-ning to the same. wFig. 3 isa detached side f view of a boot-trec `with the leather attached after crimping. 7, Fig, Lisa detached side view `of the boot-tree. Fig. 5 is a detached View of l .fone of the treevclamps applied lto the tree.

Similar" letters of reference indicate correspondingpartsin theseveral figures. p

This invention consistsin the employment or use of a boot-tree attached to a sliding frame insuch a fmannerthat it may be readily removed therefrom when necessary, in connection with a crimping-clampand aseries of tree-` clamps, all being constructed and" arranged as t -l hereinafter fully shown and deseribed,whereby l. the uppersiand legs fof `boots maybe neatly y crimpedatasingle operation' and then secured to the treewithgreat facility.

l To enable those skilledin the art to fully understand and construct niylinvention, I will proceed todescribe it.

` c A represents anupright rectangular frame, in thelowcr part of `which a horizontalbedpiece, B, is secured; and C is a sliding frame,

` "which is placed in the `frame A, the sides or ends of theframe fitting in vertical grooves in `the inner surfaces ofthe uprights a a of the frame A; @Thesliding frame, G is composed of a horizontal bar, b, having a vertical pendent c bar, c, at each end, thelower ends of c c being y `connected to b by diagonal bars d d, as shown clearly in Fig. 11. Thcframe C ismoved up and down in the? frame A by means of arverticalscreW,-D, which passes through a nut, e,

\ on the upper cross-hanf, of frame A, and is i attached at itslower end` by a swivel-comicoition, `q,'to the upper end of theframe G.

To the under side of the frame C (to the bars "d d) a boot-tree, E, is attached by thumb! screws F F, which pass transversely through i the bars d d into nuts h, secured to the upper v upright position.

A or back `parts ofthe tree, asshown in Fig. l.

The tree is of the same form as those in general use; but it has one peculiarity-towit, a

series of notches, i," made in it at its back edge,

as shown in Figs. l and 4, said notches being directly back ofthe curve or bend j of the tree.

G'represents a clamp, which is composed of v twol parallel metal plates, 7c k, each .having a proper base or support, Z, to keep them in an These plates may be adj usted nearer together or farther apart by means of screws m m, which pass horizontally through them. The plates 7c k are of tri-lateral form, the two upper sides being at right angles with each other, so that the upper part of the clamp will correspond inl shape tonthe lower `or front edge of the tree E, as shownclearly in p Fig. 1.

The clamp G, when adj usted inthe frame A,

is retained in proper position on the bed-piece move therefrom, and the plates k 7c are placed at the proper distan'ceapart by turning thev screws m in.. yThe leather I to be crimped 1s cut out inthe usualform and placed in the upper part of thc clamp G, and the screw D is then turned, so as to force down the frame C and cause the tree Eand leather I to be forced down between the two platesk` 7c of the clamp, said plates being adjusted at such a distance apart that they will cause the leather to be Vfirmly stretched over or on the tree as the tree .anddeather are forced down between them.

This single operation completes the crimping process, and after it is performed the operator c unscrews the thumblscrews F F and removes Vthe clamp G with the tree and leather in it from the frame A'. The tree with the leather upon it is then removed from the clamp, and is done as follows: The upper edge of each plate 7c of the clamp G is provided with notches o, which are precisely similar' to the notches in .the back edgeV of the treeE, and are direetly opposite or in line with them. notches o, as Well as the notches i, are nearly square, their sides being but slightly inclined, and the notches o of the elanip G, during the clamping operation, are filled with plugs J, so that the upper edges of the plates 7c may have an even or unbroken surface. When the clamp G is removed from the frame A, the plugs J are taken out from the notches o, and the leather I is exposed at each side. A metal nut, p, is then fitted in each notch i of the tree, and a screw, p', passed through each nut and screwed into the tree, said screw-rods having clasps g on them, which extend down at each side of the nuts, the edges ct'thelatter being between them, and thereby irml y clamped to the tree, as will be fully understood by referring to Fig. 5. The leather is thus held on the tree in a stretched or crimped state, and the tree with the leather upon it removed from the clamp G These until dry, or required for future use. operation is to be repeated, another tree is attached to the frame C.

This invention is an exceedingly simple one. It greatly facilitates the crimping of leather for boots, and may be manufactured at a small cost.

Having thus described my invention, what claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-M I kThe notches z' o, made, respectively, in the tree E and plates 7c 7c, of the clamp G, as shown, in combination with the clamps formed ofthe nuts p, screw-rodsp', and clasps q, all arranged, as shown, for the purpose of securing the crimped leather to the tree. I

- lV. Ch SHIPHERD.

Witnesses:

CHARLES S. LESTER,

G. E. MCOMBER.

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